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Topic: Why the preference for Ball Lock? (Read 6535 times)

I got 2 pinlocks from the soda guy here in town. one had a pressure relief and the other did not. he gave me a little cap like tool that locked over the gas in side to relieve the pressure in the one without a relief valve.

I have both Pin and Ball in my line up. I use MFL connections so it is a non-issue as far as ease of use goes. If I had my druthers I would probably go with all Pin though from the get go. We used to buy kegs from Sundrop a few years ago for less than 10 bucks a piece and they were all ball lock so that is what most of mine are. I only have 4 Pins.

I have both Pin and Ball in my line up. I use MFL connections so it is a non-issue as far as ease of use goes. If I had my druthers I would probably go with all Pin though from the get go. We used to buy kegs from Sundrop a few years ago for less than 10 bucks a piece and they were all ball lock so that is what most of mine are. I only have 4 Pins.

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I've got both and the MFL connections make it easy to switch back and forth.

I got a dozen free pin locks first, then 10 free ball locks so I use the flare fittings on all my hose ends and can change them easily. The pin locks are much better for attaching the connectors when you can't see what you're doing, but with at least 2 of 6 kegs being ball locks I can easily fit 6 in my lagering fridge and six in the kegerator.